A High Court sitting in Akwa Ibom State on Thursday, sentenced Peter Ogban, a Professor of soil science at the University of Calabar, Cross River State, to three years in prison for manipulation election results.
Prof. Ogban was the returning officer in the Senatorial election held in Akwa Ibom North-West in 2019.
He was prosecuted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the court found him guilty of altering results of the election to favour the All Progressives Congress, APC against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
